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An Hispanic male is referred to the dermatology clinic of a major medical center. On physical examination, the man has several disfiguring lesions on his face and there is loss of cutaneous sensation to fine touch, pain, and temperature. An acid- fast organism is observed in scrapings from a skin lesion. Which of the following is most likely to be found on the surface of the multinucleated giant cells contained in this lesion?
A- CD3
B- CD4
C- CD8
D- CD14
E- CD20
F- CD56
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| new_n_lost
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C- CD8 lepromatous leprosy while the tuberculous one is CD 4 ??
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| GoodGirl
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CD 8 is the receptor of Tcytotoxic, those are not which fuse together in the leprosy.
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| new_n_lost
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F- CD56 ?? Total Guess.
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| doc179
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aren't the multinucleated giant cells , macrophages? atleast its the case in TB and hence I am assuming its macrophages and going for CD 14
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| GoodGirl
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YES ! Doc179 
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